I own a rooted Galaxy S4.
I would like to upgrade firmware using:
Settings -> General -> Device Info -> Software upgrades -> Update.
After resetting flash counter and using Triangle Away workaround to make the phone able to download latest firmware from Samsung's server, I'm able to start the upgrade procedure.
Firmware is downloaded, I chose to upgrade frmware and reboot the phone, but then nothing happens, no firmware upgrade is installed.
Is there a solution?
TIA
If u rooted ur phone u dont gona be able to install OTA updates how u are trying it. But u can:
1. This update will be a .zip file. You need flash this file by STOCK RECOVERY
or
2. Conect to Kies (android 4.2.2) or Kies 3 (android 4.3) and update it for there :highfive:
Joku1981 said:
If u rooted ur phone u dont gona be able to install OTA updates how u are trying it. But u can:
1. This update will be a .zip file. You need flash this file by STOCK RECOVERY
or
2. Conect to Kies (android 4.2.2) or Kies 3 (android 4.3) and update it for there :highfive:
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Thank you for your answer.
Do you mean that I'm unable to use OTA upgrade also using Triangle Away workarounds?
There is a specific workaround used to make the phone able to connect to Samsung servers and download firmware upgrades: Triangle Away disables Superuser for a few minutes so you can use OTA upgrade function.
Kies behavior is the same: it downloads the firmware, but then the upgrade isn't applied.
Before install firmware upgrade by stock recovery or Odin, I would like to discover if there is a way to upgrade it by Kies or OTA.
cinciopillo said:
Thank you for your answer.
Do you mean that I'm unable to use OTA upgrade also using Triangle Away workarounds?
There is a specific workaround used to make the phone able to connect to Samsung servers and download firmware upgrades: Triangle Away disables Superuser for a few minutes so you can use OTA upgrade function.
Kis behavior is the same: it downloads the firmware, but then the upgrade isn't applied.
Before install firmware upgrade by stock recovery or Odin, I would like to discover if there is a way to upgrade it by Kies or OTA.
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Try step 1
* EDIT: Select the last option in recovery
or
Put the .zip file to your external SD Card. Use 2nd option and install it
* EDIT 2: I have rooted phone too but I always update my phone with Kies 3. I dunno what will be ur problem that it doesnt install updates
Joku1981 said:
Try step 1
* EDIT: Select the last option in recovery
or
Put the .zip file to your external SD Card. Use 2nd option and install it
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thanks a lot.
Joku1981 said:
Try step 1
* EDIT: Select the last option in recovery
or
Put the .zip file to your external SD Card. Use 2nd option and install it
* EDIT 2: I have rooted phone too but I always update my phone with Kies 3. I dunno what will be ur problem that it doesnt install updates
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I use Kies (not Kies 3) because of my phone has still Android 4.2 installed (kies 3 AFAIK works with Android 4.3).
cinciopillo said:
I use Kies (not Kies 3) because of my phone has still Android 4.2 installed (kies 3 AFAIK works with Android 4.3).
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Yes? Did u read my first post in this thread then?
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Hello.
i have a rooted galaxy note and there is an ota update availaible.
When i do the update, it install it, reboot and says that it failed to install it.
When i use kies, i launch kies and it says that my mobile phone is not campatible with kies 2.0.
What can i do ?
Thank you
parisien99 said:
Hello.
i have a rooted galaxy note and there is an ota update availaible.
When i do the update, it install it, reboot and says that it failed to install it.
When i use kies, i launch kies and it says that my mobile phone is not campatible with kies 2.0.
What can i do ?
Thank you
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You maybe have cwm recovery and not stock recovery?
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afilopou said:
You maybe have cwm recovery and not stock recovery?
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Of course.
What can i do to make the update with cwm recovery ?
Thank you.
i got the same problem , cant upgrade the cwm gets it back and upgrade fales all the time.
I had the same problem updating to 2.3.6. OTA update downloads, but crashed during the install. Fixed it by downloading a stock (updated) rom & flashing with CWM.
U can find the stock roms here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
Just make sure u read the instructions thoroughly.
OTA updates are usually patch files, which expect to find a completely unadulterated /system partition -if you've rooted, this won't be the case so the OTA will fail.
If you are rooted with CWM, you are *always* better off waiting for someone to repackage updates/ROM in CWM format.
Regards,
Dave
Don't do it! I had the same issue as OP updating OTA but was able to do it via Kies. I wish I didn't! My update broke root access (went from KK1 to LA2) and now I'll have to downgrade via Odin to get my root back
AnyMal said:
Don't do it! I had the same issue as OP updating OTA but was able to do it via Kies. I wish I didn't! My update broke root access (went from KK1 to LA2) and now I'll have to downgrade via Odin to get my root back
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so what can i do to make the update without breaking my phone ?
Thank you
Ok I have a Samsung Galaxy Express I rooted with unlockroot and I forgot it was rooted and updated it and now it is stuck at the at&t startup and I can restore it does anyone know where I can get the official firmware to install on android system recovery using my micro sd card or any other way to fix it?
Mr Bonebuster said:
Ok I have a Samsung Galaxy Express I rooted with unlockroot and I forgot it was rooted and updated it and now it is stuck at the at&t startup and I can restore it does anyone know where I can get the official firmware to install on android system recovery using my micro sd card or any other way to fix it?
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First I would recommend booting your phone into recovery mode and performing a factory reset, then rebooting the phone and seeing if the phone will then startup normally. If that doesn't work I would recommend booting the phone into download mode and then and using Odin to flash the factory firmware for your phone which can be download from here.
Recovry mode
I did the recovery mode and wiped it but nothing it just froze I will download the firmware to use Odin to see if it works
i437 help
i downgraded my galaxy express from cm11 to stock 4.0.4 then updated to jb 4.1.2 now i cant flash cwm... odin says it flashes but it doesnt change anything, im still on 3e or whatever it is for recovery..
any ideas?
satva49721 said:
i downgraded my galaxy express from cm11 to stock 4.0.4 then updated to jb 4.1.2 now i cant flash cwm... odin says it flashes but it doesnt change anything, im still on 3e or whatever it is for recovery..
any ideas?
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Do you still happen to have the zip file you used to upgrade to 4.1.2? If so would you be able to share it?
OTA update i437p 4.1.2
andym01 said:
Do you still happen to have the zip file you used to upgrade to 4.1.2? If so would you be able to share it?
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sorry about the super-late reply. i havent really "gotten into" the XDA forums until recently, so i hadnt checked to see if anyone responded to my posts. my bad. anyways. i have "OTA update i437p 4.1.2" its a *.cfg file though, and it contains aboot.mbn, rpm.mnn, sbl2.mbn, ... and a few more. there are also a few folders (recovery, patch, system...). i cant remeber i how i flashed to the phone with odin, but with heimdall you can flash the individual files as long as you include a *.pit for the phone which can easily be create with heimdall also, so i am sure odin can do this too
anyways the file is at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47920086/2400258.cfg and like i said its OTA update i437p 4.1.2 . so i hope you have the "p" model. :/
...*update*...
i found this after i had posted, hope it helps.
melkis said:
I resolved the issue myself here is the update.zip JellyBeam 4.1.2 i437UCCMB3 for Samsung Galaxy Express i437
https://hotfile.com/dl/204284141/36ba13f/2400258.cfg.html
Rename it to update.zip and save to sdcard and enter recovery mode UP + Home + Power
then just apply the update from sdcard
The phone must be unmodified i mean no CWM and no ROOT*. If it doesnt work try to flash the cellphone with the stock rom
http://hotfile.com/dl/204763916/e45faeb/I437UCALI6_ATTALI6_ATT_USA_ATT_Android_4.0.4.zip.html
and then just update
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Here's a new link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1_4qtY7UWjpcFNIZE1yTTFRVzA
To install follow these steps:
1. download the file
2. place file in root of external sd card
3. power off phone
4. go into recovery by pressing: power button+volume down+home button
5. look for something that says: install update from zip or from external storage or something along those lines
6. click on the file downloaded from the link above.
7. select install
8. select "yes-install)
9. after instalation is completed the phone will go back to the way it looked when you first got it and powered it on
Thanks to Herson for getting me this file!
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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I'm not sure, but I think if you have the stock ROM and kernel you would still be able to receive OTA updates. However installing them might unroot your phone.
arminale said:
I'm not sure, but I think if you have the stock ROM and kernel you would still be able to receive OTA updates. However installing them might unroot your phone.
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no i am not recieving the update.. it says device is modified when i try to do software update...
vstrtz said:
no i am not recieving the update.. it says device is modified when i try to do software update...
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Dude no way to root and get ots even if u use triangle away and ur device connects to server and downloads ota package u get error when installing ota package so u cud keep a firmware on comp whenever new ota is available just flash that firmware on pc and ota then root
u can check for ota from sammobile plus u dnt need to loose data on flashing
press thanks if helped
vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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Flash a stock firmware back to ur phone using Odin
Reset the device from settings / accounts / backup & Reset ur device should be official and u should be able to get OTA
for firmware link check my signature
Note: do not use triangle away for ur variant its not supported
Can I do this simply by using Triangle Away with i9505?
vstrtz said:
Hello,
I accidentally rooted my GT-I9500, i didn't knew after just root i wont be able to get official stock rom updates!!! ... is there a way i can still get official updates with just removing the root and not changing the entire firmware.??
Thx in advance!
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hi. i rooted my phone and managed to download the MEA to MG9 OTA update, so i might help. download the cofface recovery from http://link.and-share.ir/uploads/cofface-S4-recovery-en-V3-0-zip.zip and flash with odin. then boot into recovery (turn off the phone then hold volume up and home and power) then select unroot from recovery. then turn off your phone and flash the official status mod http://d-h.st/1lt. then reboot and install the OTA. after updating you can root again just like i did,
have you tried the "full unroot" option in chainfires superSU?
easier than flashing a new recovery...
Dear All,
i have been trying to unroot my phone to get the latest update of Lollipop on my A7, i followed the instruction and did full unroot from SuperSU app. After unrooting i checked my device status it showed me Custom and tried to update the phone and got the error of device is modified please try to update through samsung kies.
can you all please help me, i am stuck!!!
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates ✌
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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I doubt this will work mainly because rooting trips KNOX which is an e-fuse so that means that if tripped there's no going back to Official status . You can always install the latest firmwares with ODIN though.
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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I can confirm that this works.
fahadasad said:
What you can do is flash a stock rom using odin then it will be stock and u will receive ota updates
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installing stock rom using odin will fix this or not? i haven't tried yet please let me know.
I rooted my phone due to ES FILE Manager permission, i was unable to cut / paste any file from internal memory to external using es file manager. is there any other file manager who doesn't requires root access to cut/paste/delete data from internal/external memory?
Update from 4.4.2
Hi all,
I'm stuck on 4.4.2 right now, but i want to update to 5.0.
Anyone who can give me a tutorial?
I have no SD card.
Connect to a good wifi, go into settings and there should be an "Software update" option somewhere, if you are on stock rom.
Do this,go to sammobile,download firmware 5.0.1 for your mobile and install with Odin program,that is all .
Yes if can't update from ota, download firmware from sammobile and flash via odin . .
I forgot to mention, that i have rooted my phone using CF-autoroot
It doesnt matter, you can flash your official firmware via Odin whenever you want. Just download the firmware from sammobile.com and flash it. Thats all. In addition if you want to use a custom rom you can choose a 5.x.x version of it and flash it via TWRP recovery. It is your choise.
Okay i've followed THIS tutorial, but now it asks for some root issues.
"Root access possibly lost. Fix?"
"THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE"
"- No"
"- Yes - fix root (/system/xbin/su)"
I want to keep my root
I am quite stuck untill someone tells me how to keep my root.
I am using CWM.